Confirming State Land Grants for Education Act [HB-2582]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Education ]
Confirming State Land Grants for Education Act (Sec. 2) This bill allows the state of Utah, subject to valid existing rights, to select certain lands under the administrative jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) of the Department of the Interior that are identified as available for disposal by land exchange in the Record of Decision for the Pony Express Resource Management Plan and Rangeland Program Summary for Utah County in fulfillment of certain land grants made to Utah upon being admitted as a state to further the purposes of
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HB-2582: Confirming State Land Grants for Education Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Mia B. Love
By Senator Murkowski From Committee On Energy And Natural Resources Filed Written Report. Report No. 115-312. on 07/31/2018
Renew America's Schools Act of 2017 [HB-2536]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Air Quality ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Health ]
[Climate Change ]
Renew America's Schools Act of 2017 This bill requires the Department of Energy to provide competitive grants for making energy improvements in schools. Specifically, grants may be awarded for: any improvement, repair, or renovation to a school that will result in a direct reduction in school energy costs; any improvement, repair, renovation, or installation that leads to an improvement in teacher and student health, such as indoor air quality; and the installation of renewable energy technologies (e.g., wind power) involved in the improvement,
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HB-2536: Renew America's Schools Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. David Loebsack
Introduced In House on 05/18/2017
Teacher Health and Wellness Act [HB-2544]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Teacher Health and Wellness Act This bill directs the National Institutes of Health to carry out a five-year study on reducing teacher stress and increasing teacher retention and well-being by implementing and analyzing the results of any of several types of innovative approaches that include: workplace wellness programs; social emotional learning programs; teacher stress management programs; mentoring and induction programs during the school year and teacher pre-service; organizational interventions such as principal training programs; teacher
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HB-2544: Teacher Health and Wellness Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 05/19/2017
Keeping Girls in School Act [S.1171]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Rights ]
[International ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
Keeping Girls in School Act This bill establishes an Adolescent Girls Education Challenge Fund from which funds may be made available for the Department of State, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and other federal agencies to work with external partners to implement innovative programs to ensure that adolescent girls enroll and succeed in school. The State Department and USAID are authorized to initiate and advance programs that support educational opportunities for adolescent girls and that reduce specific barriers adolescent
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S.1171: Keeping Girls in School Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeanne Shaheen
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Foreign Relations. on 05/18/2017
Financial Literacy for Students Act [HB-2525]
[Education ]
[Finance ]
[Student Loans ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Children and Youth ]
Financial Literacy for Students Act This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education of 1965 (ESEA) to authorize the Department of Education to award matching grants to states to: (1) integrate financial literacy education into public elementary and secondary schools that are eligible for school improvement funds under title I of the ESEA, and (2) train states' secondary school financial literacy or entrepreneurship teachers to teach financial literacy in core academic subjects.
HB-2525: Financial Literacy for Students Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Introduced In House on 05/18/2017
Making Education Affordable Act [S.718]
[Education ]
[Student Loans ]
Making Education Affordable Act This bill amends title VII (Graduate and Postsecondary Improvement Programs) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to reauthorize through FY2018 the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) program. The bill also authorizes new grants under the FIPSE program. Specifically, the Department of Education may award grants to institutions of higher education for dual or concurrent enrollment programs or early college high school programs that allow high school students to earn college credits.
S.718: Making Education Affordable Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Tim Kaine
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 03/23/2017
Making Education Affordable and Accessible Act of 2017 [HB-1710]
[Education ]
[Student Loans ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Making Education Affordable and Accessible Act of 2017 This bill amends title VII (Graduate and Postsecondary Improvement Programs) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to reauthorize through FY2018 the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) program. The bill also authorizes new grants under the FIPSE program. Specifically, the Department of Education may award grants to institutions of higher education for dual or concurrent enrollment programs or early college high school programs that allow high school students to earn college
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HB-1710: Making Education Affordable and Accessible Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Ann M. Kuster
Introduced In House on 03/23/2017
Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Act of 2017 [HB-1673]
[Water ]
[Environmental ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Public Health ]
[Taxes ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Education ]
[Healthcare ]
[Children and Youth ]
Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) establish a Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Trust Fund; (2) modify the definition of subpart F income (i.e., income of a controlled foreign corporation earned outside the United States that is not tax-deferred) to include income of a controlled foreign corporation derived from a foreign country; and (3) transfer to the fund revenues from the newly included subpart F income. The Environmental Protection
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HB-1673: Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Commodity Exchanges, Energy, And Credit. on 04/11/2017
School Safety Act of 2017 [HB-1636]
[Crime ]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
School Safety Act of 2017 This bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to reauthorize through FY2022 the Community Oriented Policing Services Secure Our Schools grant program. The bill also expands the allowable use of grant funds under the program to include acquiring and installing technology to promptly notify local law enforcement during an emergency.
HB-1636: School Safety Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. David Young
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 03/31/2017
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TARGET Act Targeted Rewards for the Global Eradication of Human Trafficking [HB-1625]
[Human Rights ]
[International ]
[Crime ]
TARGET Act Targeted Rewards for the Global Eradication of Human Trafficking (Sec. 2) This bill expresses the sense of Congress that the Department of State's rewards program is a powerful tool in combating sophisticated international crime and that the State Department and federal law enforcement should work in concert to offer rewards that target human traffickers who prey on the most vulnerable people around the world. (Sec. 3) The State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 is amended to include severe forms of trafficking in persons involving
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HB-1625: TARGET Act Targeted Rewards for the Global Eradication of Human Trafficking
Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Cloture On The Motion To Concur In The House Amendment To The Senate Amendment To H.r. 1625 Invoked In Senate By Yea-nay Vote. 67 - 30. Record Vote Number: 62. on 03/23/2018
Student Testing Improvement and Accountability Act [HB-1601]
[Education ]
Student Testing Improvement and Accountability Act This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to reduce the required frequency of student achievement tests in mathematics and reading or language arts. Currently, students must be tested in those areas against state academic content and achievement standards in each of grades three through eight. This bill instead requires that those tests be administered at least once during: (1) grades 3 through 5, (2) grades 6 through 9, and (3) grades 10 through 12.
HB-1601: Student Testing Improvement and Accountability Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Kyrsten Lee Sinema
Introduced In House on 03/17/2017
Parental Bereavement Act of 2017 Sarah Grace-Farley-Kluger Act [HB-1560]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
Parental Bereavement Act of 2017 Sarah Grace-Farley-Kluger Act This bill amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to entitle an eligible employee to up to 12 workweeks of leave during any 12-month period because of the death of a son or daughter. Such an employee may substitute any available paid leave for any leave without pay. The bill applies the same leave entitlement to federal employees.
HB-1560: Parental Bereavement Act of 2017 Sarah Grace-Farley-Kluger Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Comstock
Introduced In House on 03/16/2017
United States-Mexico Economic Partnership Act [HB-1567]
[Trade ]
[International ]
[Energy ]
[Education ]
[Healthcare ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
United States-Mexico Economic Partnership Act This bill declares that it shall be U.S. policy to increase U.S.-Mexico academic exchanges at the secondary, post-secondary, and post-graduate levels. The United States and Mexico should seek to contribute to doubling the number of students studying in each other's country within five years. Priority should be given to strengthening ties between communities and academic institutions in those portions of the United States and Mexico that are within 100 kilometers of the international boundary between
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HB-1567: United States-Mexico Economic Partnership Act
Sponsored by: Rep. David N. Cicilline
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Foreign Relations. on 11/28/2018
Computer Science Career Education Act of 2017 [S.648]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Science ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Cybersecurity ]
Computer Science Career Education Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Education to award competitive grants to consortia composed of at least one local educational agency, at least one institution of higher education (IHE), and community representatives for the development and operation of four- or six-year computer science career education programs. Each such career education program must include the development of a computer science program for both secondary and postsecondary education that: is aligned with rigorous computer science
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S.648: Computer Science Career Education Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 03/15/2017
Expressing support for designation of March 14, 2017, as "National Pi Day". [HR-196]
[Education ]
[Science ]
Expressing support for designation of March 14, 2017, as "National Pi Day". Supports the designation of a Pi Day and its celebration around the world. Recognizes the continuing importance of the math and science education programs of the National Science Foundation. Encourages schools and educators to observe the day with appropriate activities that teach students about Pi and engage them in the study of mathematics.
HR-196: Expressing support for designation of March 14, 2017, as "National Pi Day".
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Research And Technology. on 05/22/2018
Community College to Career Fund Act [S.620]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Community Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Economic Development ]
Community College to Career Fund Act This bill amends the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to direct the Department of Labor to award competitive grants to eligible community colleges, four-year public institutions of higher education, tribal colleges or universities, public or private nonprofit two-year institutions of higher education in specified U.S. territories, or a consortium of any of them, in partnership with employers or an employer or industry partnership representing multiple employers, in order to develop, offer, improve, and
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S.620: Community College to Career Fund Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Dianne Feinstein
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 03/14/2017
Educating Tomorrow's Workforce Act of 2017 [S.628]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
Educating Tomorrow's Workforce Act of 2017 This bill amends the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 to revise the requirements for the plan of a state seeking federal assistance for career and technical education programs. The state plan must describe how the eligible state agency will ensure the quality of any program of study culminating in an industry-recognized certificate, credential, or license. State agency leadership activities must support career academies which: implement a college and career ready curriculum at
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S.628: Educating Tomorrow's Workforce Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Sen. Rob Portman
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. (sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure: Cr S1806-1807) on 03/14/2017
READ Act Reinforcing Education Accountability in Development Act [S.623]
[Education ]
[International ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Rights ]
[Human Services ]
[Nonprofit ]
[Children and Youth ]
READ Act Reinforcing Education Accountability in Development Act This bill amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to state that it shall be U.S. policy to work with partner countries, other donors, multilateral institutions, the private sector, and nongovernmental and civil society organizations (including faith-based organizations) to promote basic education through programs that: (1) respond to the needs and capacities of developing countries to improve literacy and other basic skills; (2) strengthen educational systems, expand access to safe
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S.623: READ Act Reinforcing Education Accountability in Development Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory A. Booker
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Foreign Relations. on 03/14/2017
States' Education Reclamation Act of 2017 [HB-1510]
[Education ]
[Student Loans ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Veterans ]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Disabilities ]
States' Education Reclamation Act of 2017 This bill abolishes the Department of Education (ED) and repeals any program for which it has administrative responsibility. The Department of the Treasury shall provide grants to states, for FY2018-FY2026, for elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education purposes permitted by state law. The level of funding is set at the amount provided to states for federal elementary and secondary education programs and the amount provided for federal postsecondary education programs, respectively, for FY2012, minus
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HB-1510: States' Education Reclamation Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Glenn Grothman
Introduced In House on 03/10/2017